Winningham powers Celtics to victory

Dash Winningham was a one man wrecking crew for the Trinity Catholic Celtics baseball team on Thursday.

Staff report

Dash Winningham was a one man wrecking crew for the Trinity Catholic Celtics baseball team on Thursday.

Winninghan mashed 3 home runs against Santa Fe, bringing his season total to 9, finishing the game 3-for-3 with 4 RBI as the Celtics collected a 4-3 road victory over the Raiders.

Trinity Catholic received a solid pitching performance from the duo of Eddie Miller (2-0) who went 5.2 innings, striking out 5 and Sam Atwell who recorded the final 4 outs to pick up the save.

Tim Retamoza finished 2-for-3 in the contest as well.

The Celtics (10-2, 6-1) will host South Sumter tonight at 7 p.m.

OCA 20, EASTLAND CHRISTIAN 9: At Orlando, Trevor Smith went 5-for-5 with 4 runs and an RBI and David Cizmadia went 4-for-4 with 4 runs to lead the Crusaders to their victory. OCA's Riley Artman (4-0) pitched 5 innings, striking out 5 and giving up 5 hits, while P.J. Culver also had a nice game at the plate going 2-for-4 with 2 runs and an RBI.

The Crusaders (11-4, 5-0) will play at Meadowbrook today at 4:15 p.m.

FOREST 3, LECANTO 2: At Forest, Kirby McMullen had the go-ahead base hit in the bottom of the 6th that plated the winning run for the Wildcats. Joshua Greene also had a good game for Forest as he had 2 hits, 2 stolen bases and a run. Robert Ritterhoff (1-0) picked up the win for the Wildcats as he pitched 3 innings of relief.

Forest (12-2) will play at Belleview tonight at 7 p.m.

DUNNELLON 3, NORTH MARION 1: At Dunnellon, the Tigers received an outstanding pitching performance from Josh Tricomi (1-0) who went 7 innings, giving up 6 hits and 1 earned run, while striking out 5. At the plate, Connor Went (1-for-3, HR), Shane Williams (2-for-3, RBI) and Bo Dewitz (1-for-3, 2B) all had good games for Dunnellon.

The Tigers (4-8) will play at Nature Coast tonight at 7 p.m.

BELLEVIEW 8, VANGUARD 5: At Vanguard, Jordan Sivola-Finch and David Haun each had big nights for the Rattlers as Sivola-Finch went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and a triple, while Haun went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles. Wade Dobson and Joey Casillas each had 2 hits for BHS as well with Casillas also picking up his 3rd save of the season. Scott Reid (2-0) pitched 3.1 innings of relief for the Rattlers.

The Knights were led by Vincent D'Ambrosio and Jacob Grant who each went 2-for-3, while Kyle Hansen pitched well as he went 4.1 innings, striking out 4.

Belleview (10-6) will host Forest tonight at 7 p.m. Vanguard (4-9) will play at Leesburg tonight at 7 p.m.

SoftballEASTLAND CHRISTIAN 7, OCA 1: At Orlando, the Crusaders hung tough until the 5th inning when they committed several errors which led to Eastland scoring the majority of its runs. Allison Forsyth (1-for-3), Julia Davis (1-for-3, SB), Rus'Sharra Tolbert (2-for-4, SB) and Reyven Torres (run) all played well for OCA.

The Crusaders (1-15) will play at Meadowbrook today at 4:15 p.m.

FOREST 10, WEST PORT 0: At Forest, seniors Danielle Hunter (2B, 2RBI), Melanie Davenport (2B), Kendall Shutters (1-for-3, run, RBI) and Shelby Welch (RBI) all performed well on their senior night for the Wildcats. Junior Nikki Blanton went 2-for-2 with a triple and freshman Katie Peters went 1-for-3 with a home run for FHS as well.

Forest (11-3) will host Dunnellon tonight at 6 p.m.

LAKE WEIR 6, SOUTH LAKE 3: At South Lake, Melissa Skinner drove in the game winning RBI for the Hurricanes, while Irene Medina pitched a solid game for the ‘Canes on the mound as she picked up the win. Melinda Geisel also played well for LWHS.

VANGUARD 6, LAKE WEIR 1: At Tuscawilla, Crystal Midcap won her first game of the year for the Hurricanes as she defeated Nicole Ordway 8-6. Vanguard's Kendal Lin and Monica Yap teamed up in their first district doubles match to defeat LWHS's Midcap and Tori Sydenstricker.

The Knights (6-8, 4-7) will next play in Districts on April 1 at Jonesville.